Christmas and Easter

[commandment4]

I personally do not believe in celebrating Christmas and Easter the way that they are celebrated. My family does and i am still in my parents house so I'm around the tradition just don't agree with it.


The same with Easter. I don't believe in celebrating it the way it is celebrated now for the simple fact that there are so many things we do on these holidays that have absolutly nothing to do with Christ. Everyone gets so caught up with the holidays that it almost seems like they forgot why they say they are celebrating it in the first place.

any thoughts?

 

[Bishka]

Personally, I don't believe in Santa Claus, and probably won't teach my children to believe in Santa Claus, it's always bugged me. The same about Easter. I believe they should be Christ-centered.

 

[c0da]

Yeah, you're probably right there. I work in a super market and people spend absolutely loads at Christmas and have started the little spending spree for Easter now. They should stop and think about what it is they are actually celebrating.

 

[Mister Emu]

I don't believe in celebrating it the way it is celebrated now for the simple fact that there are so many things we do on these holidays that have absolutly nothing to do with Christ. Everyone gets so caught up with the holidays that it almost seems like they forgot why they say they are celebrating it in the first place

Amen!

Personally, I don't believe in Santa Claus, and probably won't teach my children to believe in Santa Claus, it's always bugged me. The same about Easter. I believe they should be Christ-centered.

Amen!

 

[d.]

Everyone gets so caught up with the holidays that it almost seems like they forgot why they say they are celebrating it in the first place.

that's perfectly fine for you christians, but you need to remember these are not christian holidays to begin with. (since this is in the general religious debates forum i'm assuming you mean not just christians should celebrate easter this way.)

the vernal equinox and winter solstice has been celebrated long before christ even entered the arena, hence all the non-christian stuff going on.

 

[JillianMarie77]

I personally do not believe in celebrating Christmas and Easter the way that they are celebrated. My family does and i am still in my parents house so I'm around the tradition just don't agree with it.
The same with Easter. I don't believe in celebrating it the way it is celebrated now for the simple fact that there are so many things we do on these holidays that have absolutly nothing to do with Christ. Everyone gets so caught up with the holidays that it almost seems like they forgot why they say they are celebrating it in the first place.

any thoughts?

Yeah my thoughts are that you should celebrate your holidays and holy days in whatever way serves your spiritual needs best. If the pagan symbolism or the commercialism bother you - do without.

My family is catholic. I am participating in lent this year, not in a christian way but as an exercise in self discipline and sacrifice for my own personal growth and religious purpose.

Monday is the spring equinox. There is a pagan celebration in my area but I'm not pagan. However I will use much of that symbolism and the great timing for my own personal religious experience.

See?

 

[Mister Emu]

Divine...

I think he is more talking about people who celebrate the holidays of Christmas and Easter... but the vast majority of their celebrations have nothing to do with Jesus... there is a difference between celebrating the spring equinox pagan style... and celebrating Easter with Easter bunnies who hide baskets, and candy and a whole host of things having nothing to do with the ressurection of our Lord and savior...

 

[Bishka]

Yeah my thoughts are that you should celebrate your holidays and holy days in whatever way serves your spiritual needs best. If the pagan symbolism or the commercialism bother you - do without.

My family is catholic. I am participating in lent this year, not in a christian way but as an exercise in self discipline and sacrifice for my own personal growth and religious purpose.

Monday is the spring equinox. There is a pagan celebration in my area but I'm not pagan. However I will use much of that symbolism and the great timing for my own personal religious experience.

See?

I'm sort of like Jillian, even though I don't believe in those holidays or what they are for, I will defintley celebrate them with friends and family. Except, most my family is LDS/Chrisitan. Don't have any others in the family, wish I did though, and I live in a town that's about 80% LDS. Maybe when I move to Washington or maybe I'll just start celebrating them on my own.

 

[d.]

there is a difference between celebrating the spring equinox pagan style... and celebrating Easter with Easter bunnies who hide baskets, and candy and a whole host of things having nothing to do with the ressurection of our Lord and savior...

the point was more that the bunnies, the eggs and the feasting etc. is pre-christian traditions, which the christian message has been spliced on top of. i figure most people who celebrate easter and christmas 'casually' just wants to have a party and meet their friends and family. which is what these holidays primarily is about.

 

[c0da]

Like I said earlier, I think even if people aren't devoutly religious, I think they should think about what it is they are celebrating, then they can get as drunk as they want, just as long as they don't go getting too drunk. That said, I will still give a few little gifts to close friends and family at Christmas time as a sort of celebration of friendship/love.

 

[d.]

Like I said earlier, I think even if people aren't devoutly religious, I think they should think about what it is they are celebrating,

i don't think most people even know what they are celebrating. i'm not sure myself.

 

[Bishka]

the point was more that the bunnies, the eggs and the feasting etc. is pre-christian traditions, which the christian message has been spliced on top of. i figure most people who celebrate easter and christmas 'casually' just wants to have a party and meet their friends and family. which is what these holidays primarily is about.

Yes, I knew they were spliced on top on top of Pagan holidays, which I find absolutley facinating. I don't celebrate them casually, so I believe in the messsage of Christ and Christianity.

 

[d.]

Yes, I knew they were spliced on top on top of Pagan holidays, which I find absolutley facinating. I don't celebrate them casually, so I believe in the messsage of Christ and Christianity.

i can understand that. though i'm sorry you miss out on the huge chocolate bunnies.

 

[Bishka]

i can understand that. though i'm sorry you miss out on the huge chocolate bunnies.

I'll still got them though.

 

[joeboonda]

2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
(King James Bible, Colossians)

Just came to mind, I don't care who celebrates what or why, but I am about to celebrate St. Patty's with a bit of vodka, lol. According to that scripture we are not to judge others for whatever days they celebrate of don't. As a Christian I celebrate the birth and ressurection of Jesus, I put up the tree, the presents, etc. the eggs, and candy and presents for my children, even if its from 'pagan' origins, so what? I pass out candy on Halloween, and used to take my kids trick or treating, now they're too old. Now I just pass out candy and sacrifice humans and worship Satan, jk.lol.

 

[dorcas3000]

this is EXACTLY why i find it absurd that Christians actually complained about the whole Christmas hoopla this past year. Here the santa claus loving, shopping obcessed secular world decides it want's to identify itself separately than CHRISTMAS, and Christians get mad. Here's are chance to truely celebrate Christmas as JUST CHRISTMAS and nothing else! From here on out, when someone says "Christmas" it really means Christmas, not Santa Claus.

I don't know about anyone else, but I rejoice in that.

 

[kevmicsmi]

Personally, I don't believe in Santa Claus, and probably won't teach my children to believe in Santa Claus, it's always bugged me. The same about Easter. I believe they should be Christ-centered.

Yyyou dddont believe in Santa Claus?

 

[sprinkled wings]

I don't, cause my parents said he doesn't exist. And Christmas is way too much about presents now. It is supposed to be celebrating Jesus.

 

[Bishka]

I don't, cause my parents said he doesn't exist. And Christmas is way too much about presents now. It is supposed to be celebrating Jesus.

Christmas is, but there are also other holidays around that time that celebrate different things for different religions. I do agree that it is too bad that Christmas has gotten so commercialized.

 

[d.]

i don't know what it's like for the people who live in warmer places, but up here it gets really dark around december 21st. sunlight only two hours a day - it truly is a special time. you understand the need for a feast. i guess it's both reverence and to get people through the long cold winter.